New Haven High School
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| New Haven High School | |
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| 1300 Green Road New Haven, Indiana, USA |
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| Information | |
| School district | East Allen County School Corporation |
| Principal | Eva Merkel |
| Enrollment |
985 |
| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Athletics conference | Northeast Hoosier Conference |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Color(s) | purple and gold |
| Homepage | New Haven High School |
New Haven High School is a public secondary education school for grades nine through twelve. New Haven High School is one of five high schools in the East Allen County School district. The district has adopted a unique method called “five campus”, meaning a student can take a class offered at any one of the schools in the district.
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[edit] Students
There are currently 985 students enrolled at the school (Corporation Snapshot).
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Ethnic Distribution (M/F) |
Distribution by Grade |
The student to teacher ratio is 17.759 : 1 (SchoolTree.org)
[edit] History
The first school in New Haven was built downtown in 1885. The first true high school was built in 1923 and was officially called the Adams-Township school, although everyone referred to it as New Haven school. It accommodated kindergarten through 12th grade. In the 1940s a separate building was put up next to this school to house the elementary grades. In the 1955 and 1957 additions were made to the high school to allow for the growing student population. To further aid with the growth a middle school was built across the street on the high school’s football field and track. (Goeglein)
Soon enough it was time to build a new high school. The high school moved to a piece of land across the highway. The middle school moved into the old high school and the elementary moved into the middle school. The elementary is now used for offices and has a newly renovated auditorium that is used for special performances.
The current New Haven High School was built in 1975 and opened in 1977. The building is located on a 24 acre property – the smallest amount of land of and school in its district. It cost approximately $7 million to build. The gym is a smaller version of the nearby Harding High School gym. The school was designed for about 1500 students. Recently the school has had some modifications to classrooms to allow for different kinds of classes. Currently the school’s capacity is 1030. This is the first school in the district to have an elevator in it. The principal of the school when it opened was Paul Goeglein. Recently the school has decided to replace the aging John Young football stadium. "The board looked over a year ago at what to do with (the stadium)," said Kirby Stahly, EACS chief financial officer. "They came to a quick realization that it needed to be replaced (Hubbart)." The stadium renovation will cost $1.9 million (Hubbart). Construction began at the end of the 2006 football season and is expected to be finished for the next football season (Hubbart). "We want to have that structure ready by the first of August (Hubbart)."
[edit] Extracurricular activities
[edit] Sports
New Haven High School belongs to the Northeast Hoosier Conference and is a size 4A school.
Boys' fall sports include football, cross country, soccer, and tennis. Girls' fall sports include cross country, golf, soccer, and volleyball. Boys' winter sports include basketball and wrestling. Girls' winter sports include basketball. Boys' spring sports include baseball, golf, and track & field. Girls' spring sports include softball, tennis and, track & field.
[edit] Awards
New Haven football has won a Regional Title in 2001, Sectional Titles in 2001, 1991, 1988 and 1981, and NEIAC Titles in 1987, 1985, 1983, 1982, 1980 and 1963.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dave Doster, MLB player for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Colin Chin, IHL player for the Fort Wayne Komets
- Dr. Jeffrey T. Grabill, professor at Michigan State University; author of Community Literacy Programs and the Politics of Change and Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies for Citizen Action (New Dimensions in Computers and Composition)
[edit] References
C&G Media LLC. NEW HAVEN BULLDOGS FOOTBALL. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
Hubartt, Megan. "Derby takes hard work of physics, turns it into fun for students", The News-Sentinel, 09/08/2006, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
New Haven High School. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
The Baseball Cube. Dave Doster. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
BaseballReference.com. Dave Doster. Retrieved on 2007-01-25. New Haven High School. [www.eacs.k12.in.us/secure/nhs/tableofcontents.html Academic Requirements]. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
SchoolTree.org. New Haven High School. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
Corporation Snapshot. East Allen County Schools. Indiana Dept. of Education. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
Corporation Snapshot. New Haven High School. Indiana Dept. of Education. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
Jeff Grabill. WIDE Center (Writing in Digital Environments), Michigan State University. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
Goeglein, Kent. Personal interview. 20 Jan. 2007.
